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"as well as……"
Before he could finish speaking, Luo Jiajun's arm, which was around the girl's waist, reached up and placed his palm against her silk nightgown.
Rinko Akiyama, who was already tense, became even more stiff.
Luo Jiajun then continued, "So, it's because you're afraid I'll do something that you're so nervous you can't sleep?"
"No, Xiao Luo, I..." Perhaps feeling that Luo Jiajun had misunderstood something and thought she was being deliberately wary, Akiyama Rinko wanted to explain, but didn't know how to begin.
"No? Then if I really do something, Rinko, will you resist or get angry?" Luo Jiajun said quietly, while the hand that was clinging to the girl's ribs reached up with its thumb, almost touching the girl's soft breasts covered by her nightgown.
"Hmm~"
The girl let out a soft hum as Luo Jiajun stroked her, and her face, flushed in the darkness, became troubled.
Regarding Luo Jiajun's question just now...
She didn't know how to answer.
Although her subconscious thought was to deny it, she couldn't help but recall what Archina had said to her during the day—loyalty should be unconditional!
include……
Dedicate yourself?
But isn't this too fast? She really isn't ready yet...
"what!"
In the darkness, Rinko Akiyama was still struggling with her decision when she suddenly felt a large hand climb onto her chest.
The thin nightgown couldn't hide the heat of Luo Jiajun's palms. The girl's stiff limbs quickly became weak under Luo Jiajun's kneading, and her body felt increasingly strange with her rapid breathing.
"Ugh... Xiao Luo... no!"
Just before her body went completely limp, Akiyama Rinko grabbed Luo Jiajun's wrist in an almost pleading tone while still in bed.
Luo Jiajun stopped what he was doing and whispered, "Linzi... is she really angry?"
"No, no, I just... I'm not ready yet," the girl said shyly in the darkness.
Luo Jiajun chuckled and said patiently, "Alright, then I'll wait until you're ready, but at least tonight, relax and get some rest."
As he spoke, Luo Jiajun moved the hand that was on the girl's chest to her flushed and hot face and gently stroked it.
Rinko Akiyama stopped resisting, but she was still somewhat nervous.
However, as time passed, Luo Jiajun indeed did not make any further movements, and the girl gradually relaxed and finally drifted off to sleep...
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At dawn, just as the rising sun peeked through the gaps between the buildings, a military drone pierced the deathly silence of the county town's morning sky.
The hum of the mechanical rotors startled Luo Jiajun from his sleep. A synthesized electronic voice, playing on a loop through the loudspeaker, pierced the glass: "Attention residents, the government has established a refuge camp in the underground parking lot of the Ouyuan Building on Yongqing Street in the west of the city..."
In Luo Jiajun's arms, Akiyama Rinko had also woken up. But perhaps out of shyness, she continued to pretend to be asleep, her eyebrows twitching slightly.
"Shall we go take a look?" On the balcony connecting to the bedroom, Archina drew back the curtains, her three-meter-tall figure blocking the sunlight that should have streamed into the room. Her pale face showed signs of fatigue from a night of vigilance.
"No need, we can live well on our own in this apocalypse, why do we need to join anyone else?" Luo Jiajun said as he got out of bed, started to put on his clothes and shoes, and called out to Rinzi.
Only then did Akiyama Rinko pretend to wake up slowly, naively believing that Luo Jiajun was unaware that she had been awake for a long time.
At Luo Jiajun's insistence, Achina went inside and went to bed to rest, enjoying the still-warm blankets. Since Luo Jiajun would be taking her and Qiushan Linzi to Shuijingwan Park to complete their mission by noon at the latest, she needed to recover quickly.
At noon, when the sun was high in the sky, Achina woke up. The three of them ate some compressed biscuits and bottled water to fill their stomachs, and then went downstairs to enter Shuijingwan Park.
Of course, Luo Jiajun didn't forget to go to the millipede corpse that Qiushan Rinko had cut in two the night before after going downstairs, in order to trigger the quest. Mei didn't think about it...
[Accept new quest: The Rotten Tree of Life?]
【whether】
The next second, as Luo Jiajun selected "Yes", the game map opened automatically, and the details of the new task were displayed in the task expansion bar on the right side of the map interface.
The rotting tree of life
【Mission Requirements】: Eliminate all mutated millipedes inhabiting the area around the Tree of Life in Shuijingwan Park.
[Task Time Limit]: None
[Task Reward]: 1000 Summoning Points
……
'Huh? The mission reward is summoning points!'
Upon discovering that the summoning points rewarded upon completing the new quest were just enough for one character summon, Luo Jiajun was overjoyed. With the addition of the plant-type summoning card rewarded upon completing the "Returning to Roots" quest, didn't this mean his team would soon be welcoming two new wives at once?
However, the more this was the case, the more Luo Jiajun's intuition told him that Shuijingwan Park must be full of danger.
Even before entering Shuijingwan Park, from a distance of about a hundred meters away, Luo Jiajun could already see some abnormally shaped trees that had sprung up from the ground—their gnarled branches twisted into unnatural forms, already dwarfing all the low-rise buildings around them. Those giant umbrella-like canopies, tightly intertwined, were enough to shroud the park in a dim, twilight-like darkness, even at the height of the midday sun.
Luo Jiajun didn't want to fight a large number of mutated millipedes at the park entrance before even entering the park, so he took Achina and Akiyama Rinko to the wall outside the park and prepared to climb over it to enter.
However, the park walls, which were originally painted with various slogans promoting civility, are now completely swallowed up by rampant greenery and covered with weeds taller than a person.
The weeds rustled in the wind. Akiyama Rinko, her hand on the hilt of her katana, immediately stopped Luo Jiajun, gesturing to him and Achina not to approach the wall, and said firmly:
“There’s something wrong with those grasses. They’re moving on their own, not because of the wind.” After saying that, the girl took the initiative to move forward, tentatively taking a few more steps toward the park wall covered by weeds.
As Rinko Akiyama approached, a section of weeds directly in front of her suddenly bent over and lunged at her like a predatory python!
"Shh!"
Without the slightest hesitation, the girl drew her sword, swept it, and then spun around and jumped.
As she stepped back and jumped back in front of Luo Jiajun and Achina, a flash of silver light appeared, cutting down all the weeds that were moving.
"Hmph, there was definitely something wrong!"
After making her probe, Akiyama Rinko stood protectively in front of Luo Jiajun, still holding her sword. But perhaps because of the distance, the weeds that were taller than a person in front of them did not show any further movement for a while.
"Hmm...it seems the plan to climb over the wall into the park in front is not going to work? Or should we clear all this grass before climbing the wall?" Archina looked down at Luo Jiajun, wondering what he would do next.
But before Luo Jiajun could answer her, Akiyama Rinko spoke first: "If you just want to get over this wall, I have a relatively safe way."
"Oh?" Luo Jiajun and Achina immediately became interested.
Rinko Akiyama turned to look at Jiajun Luo and said succinctly, "If I am prepared, I can use the Void Escape Technique to temporarily create a short-distance teleportation portal."
Upon hearing this, Luo Jiajun suddenly remembered—yes! Rinko's spatial teleportation ability was exactly what she needed to use at this moment!
"Then I'll leave it to you," Luo Jiajun said in a deep voice.
"Okay, leave it to me! But before that, I need to scout out the area inside the walls and choose a relatively safe teleportation landing point."
Before Luo Jiajun could respond, the girl suddenly lowered her body and then jumped, leaping seven or eight meters high. Such astonishing jumping ability left Luo Jiajun and even Achina speechless with astonishment.
A moment later, Rinko Akiyama landed, her expression becoming even more serious.
"The situation is not good. There is almost no open space in the park. Even the most open areas are filled with mutated plants every few meters. Even if we teleport in, we have to be prepared to fight immediately."
"Is that so? It seems that the park was already lush with vegetation, which led to this situation. Even those mutated millipedes couldn't stop the many clusters of deformed plants in the park."
Luo Jiajun pondered for a moment, then said:
“But if we suddenly arrive in the park via teleportation, those mutated plants shouldn’t be able to react immediately… So, once we’re inside, you all follow me, and we’ll start running.”
There's a game called 'parkour,' or 'skipping class.'
As long as you're fast enough!
The monsters didn't have time to lock their aggro on me!
Or they might have already lost their aggro to me before they even caught up with me!
At that moment, Akiyama Rinko and Archina's eyes met briefly in mid-air. Neither of them questioned Luo Jiajun about his insistence on entering this man-eating park; their resolute eyes reflected only their unconditional determination to follow him.
"Please, Rinko." Luo Jiajun's voice rang out again, his gaze fixed intently on the girl beside him.
Rinko Akiyama nodded slightly and responded softly. The moment she raised her left hand, a deep purple light bloomed in her palm, like a demonic eye suddenly opening in the night sky.
The air began to distort and ripple uneasily, and a point of darkness suddenly appeared in the void a meter away from the girl.
The black dot expanded and extended at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye, and the subtle humming sound of space being torn apart was chilling. In the blink of an eye, an oval-shaped void rift had taken shape, its edges glowing with an eerie purple light, as if it were an entrance to another world.
The three exchanged a knowing glance and simultaneously took a deep breath.
Because the moment they step through this portal, an adventure as fraught with peril awaits them, like walking on a knife's edge!
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As he stepped into the portal, a flash of purple light appeared before his eyes. Luo Jiajun felt his vision blur for a brief moment before his feet were already on the ground of the park, which was covered with a lot of soft, decaying leaves.
As the stench of decay and dampness filled his nostrils, the rustling of leaves and branches reached Luo Jiajun's ears, like countless creatures hidden in the shadows being disturbed and awakening.
"Run!" Luo Jiajun roared and immediately began to run.
At the same time, the surrounding grass seemed to suddenly come alive. The weeds, which were originally as tall as themselves, grew wildly, their blades gleaming with a sharp metallic sheen, like tiny green knives piercing the ground.
Even more terrifying, all the weeds seemed to be sentient, coiling around Luo Jiajun and his companions like a dense swarm of green snakes.
—Swish!
Facing these "snake grasses," Akiyama Rinko rushed ahead of Luo Jiajun to clear a path. Her figure transformed into a deep blue gust of wind, her katana drawing graceful arcs in the air. Each strike was swift and precise, severing the snake grasses before they could fully coil around her. Her movements were clean and efficient; wherever her blade passed, the snake grasses fell to the ground.
Luo Jiajun followed closely behind Akiyama Rinko, his right hand holding the half-sword he had acquired earlier, his left hand ready to unleash electricity at any moment. Although his movements were not as agile as the Demon Ninja, the perfect swordsmanship bestowed upon him by the "Sword Dao Bible" allowed him to parry the occasional snake grass attacks that slipped through his grasp.
"Damn thing!"
At that moment, Achina's voice came from behind Luo Jiajun. Her tall stature made her more vulnerable to attack, making her a prime target for the large number of snake plants.
When Luo Jiajun looked back, he saw that there were already quite a few snake grasses wrapped around Achina's arms and ankles.
Conversely, a tall stature also implies great strength.
As Archina exerted all her strength, her muscles tensed, and with a series of tearing sounds, she first ripped the snake grass wrapped around her arm. Then, with a flick of her right hand, her fingertips extended into sharp claws that swept across her feet, instantly severing the snake grass wrapped around her ankles.
"Hurry!" Luo Jiajun shouted. The three quickened their pace and, in just a few breaths, escaped the terrifying snake-grass area unharmed.
The severed grass stems twisted and wriggled, left behind by the three rapidly running figures, unable to catch up with them any longer.
However, the abnormal vegetation in the park was too dense, and the three of them were attacked again as they rushed through a thicket of snake grass after they had just gotten rid of a large amount of snake grass.
"not good!"
During her high-speed sprint, Rinko Akiyama sensed danger, but she didn't have time to observe carefully. In the blink of an eye, she noticed a gaping maw coming straight at her from the side.
In a flash, the girl swung her sword.
"Shua~!"
She instantly sliced open a purple carnivorous flower covered in sharp teeth, and it fell silent.
However, at least a dozen carnivorous plants grow in clusters here. In addition to their terrifying mouthparts with serrated, sharp teeth, these plants also contain potent poison. Some of them open their gaping maws and spew out deep purple venom.
The largest one, Achina, was the one who almost got hit hard. Even though she tried her best to dodge, a puddle of venom still grazed her face as it flew past.
The venom immediately corroded shallow pits on the ground, leaving corrosive burn marks on Archina's face, but it quickly recovered at a visible speed—her superhuman regenerative abilities came into play at this moment.
At the same time, Luo Jiajun raised his left hand, and crackling electricity burst from his palm as he aimed at the nearest carnivorous flower and shot it.
“Sizzle~!”
The moment the electric current struck the flower's core, the carnivorous flower emitted a sharp hiss, and the entire bud convulsed violently.
Archina was even more violent, seemingly enraged by the pain on her face. She strode into the flower bushes, her three-meter-tall body looming over them, her black claws sweeping across like a harvester.
One of the carnivorous plants, which was attempting to spray corrosive venom, was uprooted from the ground by her brute force before it could even fully charge up.
Along with the lightning and blade flashes created by Luo Jiajun and Qiushan Linzi as they made their moves.
In less than a minute, the carnivorous flower array was completely destroyed. The ground was littered with broken flower buds and sizzling, smoking remnants of corrosive liquid.
"This way!"
At this moment, Luo Jiajun pointed to a cobblestone path to the side. The plants on both sides of the path were relatively sparse, and most importantly, Luo Jiajun vaguely recognized that this cobblestone path led to the ancient trees in the park that were overgrown with millipedes.
So the three of them continued running, and once they stepped onto the cobblestone path, they were no longer attacked by any deformed plants—it should be said that the vegetation became noticeably sparser in the area where the cobblestone path extended.
Before long, they arrived at an area with dim light and a rotten smell in the damp air. The three of them could no longer see any greenery. The surrounding soil was churning and cracked in large swaths, like a graveyard plowed by a giant plow. Dead grass and trees were broken and embedded in the mud, their mottled colors resembling congealed scabs.
At the edge of their vision, a colossal tree, requiring ten people to encircle it, perched in the center of the decaying soil. Its gnarled branches were riddled with honeycomb-like holes, and its sparse twigs stretched out towards the sky with menacing barbs—yet not a single green leaf was visible.